whereeve mississippi is there is the most state spending. states that do well are states poorer wither -- lower incomes. when you think of mississippi, alabama, south carolina, new mexico, they do very well in the medicaid program. a state like new york, which is not a poor state, but runs a large medicaid program, also gets a large amount of federal funding per capita through medicaid. then other states that do well in the grand area tend to be area tendern -- grant to be large western states. yet in general, those on the states that do well in federal grants. then the states in the northeast, the upper midwest, the industrial midwest, they tend to do less well on many of these measures. texas onnt pleasant, the line. what is your name? caller: my name is buffalo. i am a native american. i wonder why everyone goes into panic over sequestration. secondly, why do we not on the state level eliminate such a need for all of these things because, quite frankly, states are becoming dependent on the federal funds when they should be taking care of